Constitutional Law Court Decisions Michigan 
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 18, 2023
Facts of the Case Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez (Perez), who is deaf, attended schools in Michigan’s Sturgis Public School District (Sturgis) from ages 9 through 20. After concluding that §1415( l ) did not preclude Perez’s ADA lawsuit, it remanded the matter back to the lower court.
Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
In the Grutter , the Court held that the University of Michigan Law School’s race-sensitive admissions program was narrowly tailored because the consideration of race was merely one factor in the decision-making process and individualized consideration was given to each applicant. Bollinger , 539 U.S.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 10, 2024
In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. For example, because Facebook’s blocking tool operates on a page-wide basis, a court would have to consider whether Freed had engaged in state action with respect to any post on which Lindke wished to comment.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 30, 2024
”) in Michigan who was ordered to remove this sweater with the popular phrase “Let’s Go, Brandon.” District Judge Paul Maloney in the Western District of Michigan. However, the Plaintiffs cited other lower court decisions striking a balance in such cases. ” We now have a ruling from U.S.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 27, 2022
The court has spent decades issuing often conflicting and vague 5-4 rulings on the use of race in admissions. Bollinger , the Court divided 5-4 on upholding admissions criteria used to achieve “diversity” in a class at Michigan Law School. In 2003 in Grutter v. For critics, that is an understatement.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 18, 2023
” The decision comes just days after another defeat in Michigan for advocates of this theory. We need to put this insidious legal theory to rest with the finality and clarity of a Supreme Court decision. As it stands, we will have to wait to see if Griswald has the confidence of her convictions to appeal.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 27, 2022
While many countries have decriminalized abortion, most are closer to Mississippi than Michigan in limiting abortion to the first or second trimester. Roe is now presented as inviolate and beyond question in its constitutional footing, while the opinion that slew it is presented as threatening every right secured since 1973.
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